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Employee Ownership should be at the heart of a Liberal economic vision
November 04, 2016 1:32 PM
The 2016 Conference Paper The Opportunity to succeed, the Power to Change is in my eyes a great starting point for the types of policies and issues that we will set out as a party for the 2020 (or earlier!) General Election. Allowing empowerment and choice for individuals whether in...
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Time for Big Ideas, Radical Policies and Starting a Conversation with the Public
October 27, 2016 1:32 PM
I have written here before about the opportunity that now exists for the SLF to be a force in UK politics for putting forward radical policies. A yawning gap now exists in UK politics that is ripe for liberal ideas to be incubated and become part of a new...
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Why Scrapping Sanctions is the Right and Liberal Thing to Do
September 28, 2016 10:27 AM
The SLF had tabled an amendment to the welfare motion, “Mending the Safety Net”, relating to sanctions for benefit claimants that I am very pleased to say was passed with a significant majority of members during debate in the conference hall on Monday 19th September.
Our amendment called...
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The North- South divide: a Liberal Democrat cause
September 14, 2016 10:30 AM
An article by Neil Hughes
If it were only Britain wanting to depart from Europe, or Scotland’s own discrete independence-seeking one could – as a faint consolation – look to an England which is at least notionally united.
However even this is no longer the case with the principal next-tier...
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There’s Never Been a More Important Time for Social Liberalism
August 31, 2016 11:45 AM
The SLF came about largely in response to the Liberal Democrats going into coalition with the Conservatives and also to act as a counterweight to a section of the party, often termed the "Orange Bookers”, who many grass roots members regarded as taking the party down a more right-wing path.
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Consensus is not Liberalism
August 16, 2016 3:10 PM
During the welcome debate on the Party’s principles and identity that followed May 2015, I’ve been surprised by one or two ideas people felt were essential to Liberalism or at least to Liberal Democrat identity.
I was ready for people stressing how the state disempowers people while ignoring how it...
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Social Liberal response to the EU Referendum
June 26, 2016 9:35 PM
UK Liberal Democrats have suffered a second devastating blow just over a year after the 2015 near-wipe-out. Early on Friday afternoon, I listened to Tim Farron giving his reaction and setting some of his thoughts about where our Party is and what we should do next. It was a good...
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We must stand together with our fellow Europeans
June 19, 2016 1:00 PM
Britain is in the middle of the most important referendum campaign in decades and the outcome will have profound implications for the future of our country. Britain is a leading nation in Europe and it is essential that we do not walk away from the European Union. The viability of...
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Now is not the time for a progressive alliance with Labour
June 08, 2016 8:30 AM
by Energlyn Churchill
Who are the Liberal Democrats and what are they for? It's a question that the electorate has struggled with, not least because different party members are likely to give differing answers. If all political parties are broad churches, then ours is broader than most. Classic Liberalism, Social...
